Having differentiated authority rule by consent) from power (rule by coercion), Weber distinguishes three types of authority. These are tra¬ditional authority, where rules are obeyed because those making them have been accorded the right to do so through tradition (for example, hereditary monarchs); charismatic authority, where a ruler or group of rulers is regarded by the populace as having some special qualities which give them the right to rule; and legal authority, where rules are made by a person or persons who are given the right to rule through following some special pro¬cedure, such as being elected to office. Legal authority is promoted by Weber as being the most appropriate form of rule for modern industrial societies, because other forms of authority are more likely to be resistant to change, or are more likely to rule in the interests of the rulers rather than of the society as a whole.